Article about: Ah...it seems it's "relic-day" day for me... One more question: Can you guys confirm for a fact, that these are "NSU Kettenkrad HK 101 SdKfz 2" wheels? Or maybe another S

No, I'm not restoring a SdKfz 251 ( not enough money or space ). But I like the look of the vehicle - it is so typical of the Wehrmacht. Partly inspired by this thread and the information in it, I went to the La Gleize Show with the objective of buying an example of the most distinctive wheel - the one with 8 circular holes.

There were only three to be seen - one was very rusty and the tyre had been crudely hacked off. Another was rusty but good with a Continental tyre - but all efforts to find the stallholder failed . The last one was from a French dealer - rusty, but certainly not a dug-up, and a nice tyre - slightly worn rubber but the markings can be read, Continental again. It obviously has a real 'farmyard' modification to the hub with a bolted-in plate ( see all those 'Panzerwrecks' photos - local farmers seem almost to have removed wheels before the fighting was over ! )

Anyhow, deal done, but I have to say it's heavier than I thought. It was a long way up that hill in hot sunshine and then I had to get it on the carpark minibus.....

It's nice to have a genuine piece of Wehrmacht AFV in my collection - and many thanks to Richard ( Granatwerfer ) for his info in this thread

No, I'm still not restoring or building a SdKfz 251 - but I saw this track-link (which I belive is from a 251, but I could be wrong) here for 39 EU (at a Hungarian site), I took a chance on it...(I don't know the market value, seemed like an OK price)

Looks like a "barn-find", not a dug-up pile of rust - with only surface rust and plenty of paint still under it I think (both yellow and maybe some panzer gray). Also, all the screws and rubber pad still intact with markings (one of them is "38", maybe manufac. date?